Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at Smyth County Community Hospital

245 MEDICAL PARK DR., MARION, VA · Balladhealth · · NPI 1073519377

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$30.84

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$205.58

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.04 with BLUE CROSS vs $114.28 with SEVEN CORNERS, INC. — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BLUE CROSS BLUE CROSS BALLAD HEALTH EMPLOYEE $0.04 ↓ -100%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA INDIVIDUAL FAMILY PLAN $0.18 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA PPO $0.23 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA OPEN ACCESS PLUS $0.23 ↓ -99%
CIGNA HEALTHCARE CIGNA HMO $0.23 ↓ -99%
SENTARA HEALTH SENTARA HEALTH $31.79 ↑ +3%
MEDCOST MEDCOST VHN $40.00 ↑ +30%
AETNA AETNA $97.14 ↑ +215%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE SELECT $114.28 ↑ +271%
FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY $114.28 ↑ +271%
BLUE CROSS TENNCARE BLUE CARE $114.28 ↑ +271%
AMERIGROUP AMERIGROUP $114.28 ↑ +271%
SEVEN CORNERS, INC. SEVEN CORNERS, INC. $114.28 ↑ +271%

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Atropine 0.1 mg/ml injection syringe at other Virginia hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON $41.18 $0.04 – $0.18
Russell County Hospital LEBANON $25.48 $0.04 – $0.18
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP $20.74 $0.04 – $0.18
Dickenson Community Hospital CLINTWOOD $47.28 $0.04 – $0.18
Lee County Community Hospital PENNINGTON GAP $31.80 $0.04 – $0.18
LEWISGALE HOSPITAL-ALLEGHANY LOW MOOR not published $0.09 – $0.27
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville not published $0.29 – $0.29
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge not published $0.12 – $0.12

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